Curated category
Physiographic provinces
- SakhalinThe island of Sakhalin stretches 1,600 kilometers from north to south. It lies between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan.
- Caucasus MountainsThe Caucasus Mountains formed largely as the result of a tectonic plate collision between the Arabian plate moving northwards with respect to the Eurasian…
- SaharaThe Sahara spans 9.2 million square kilometers across North Africa, making it the largest hot desert on Earth and the third-largest desert overall after…
- AnatoliaThe westernmost protrusion of Asia extends into the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west. The Turkish Straits mark the northwestern…
- Altai MountainsThe Altai Mountains rise where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan meet. This single range spans from 45° to 52° north latitude and stretches across 84°…
- AlpsThe African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided over tens of millions of years to create the Alps. This extreme shortening caused marine sedimentary rocks…